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Spiders are beneficial to the environment. Fear of these insects is common, but—believe it or not—most spiders cannot hurt humans. However, the brown recluse spider is a dangerous exception.

Victims of a brown recluse spider bite might feel perfectly fine — until a burning pain described by most patients as a throbbing "fire" strikes 24 hours later, according to a new study. After ...

The brown recluse typically lives up to its name: The spider is quiet, shy, and really just wants to be left alone. Despite nearly every U.S. citizen feeling certain they’ve seen the spider in ...

Brown recluse: Don't fiddle with danger. Only one species of recluse spider, the Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa), is found in our area of Texas and Oklahoma. A common name of this species ...

The brown recluse spider is common in Southern states. Its bites can be life-threatening. Harold G. Scott/Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Earlier this week, a seven-year-old girl in Arkansas ...

NASHVILLE — An increase in spider-bite patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center here has created some concern — but not about an influx of brown recluse spiders in garages, attics or ...